I was in a pinch. For Kinsale Arts week I was leading two children’s recycled games workshops. The first one was gratefully over and I was feelin’ in a panic as well as exhausted from the pace of the event and the numbers and age span of the kids—who were clever in their carnival-type game creating. As Alana couldn’t help with the second workshop the following day, we quickly learned the hard way that I needed more volunteers to guide the 15 kids through the playing and making of games. I wasn’t leaving it to chance that the event volunteer coordinator could find willing and able bodies within 24 hours. So -- we thought of whom we could ask. Working down the list, I called. AND, two friends, one of our Castlepark village neighbors, and the other—the queen mother from the Christmas Panto-- came to the rescue! Both women easily fell into the swing of playing and helping the 5-10 year old workshop participants. The kids had fun, no one was hurt (THE primary concern I learned from my mother) and I realized that I had people to count on in Kinsale, when in a pinch (another mother saying.)
All is well!!!
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